"Star Trek Into Darkness" First Trailer Just Dropped

December 6, 2012, 7:22 am

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Lava and lens flares and explosions and cliff-jumping and Benedict Cumberbatch narrating!!! Watch it. Watch it now.

Bonus! The Japanese version has 12 extra seconds of footage.

The extra seconds have Cumberbatch asking someone, most likely Kirk, if there is anything he wouldn't do for his family. But does he mean Kirk's crew/adopted family or is Cumberbatch rhetorically trying to justify his character's actions as in defense of his own family?

Also, is that Spock dying like in Star Trek 2? Is the implication that certain events are inevitable despite this being an alternate reality splintered off from the Prime universe? ANSWER ME, ABRAMS!

Hat tip to VideoDumpingGround

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The Beauty Of Madagascar Tops The Morning Links

December 6, 2012, 8:12 am

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If this island isn't on your bucket list, it should be.

Behold, the rise of the hipster hunter. - [Slate]

This isn't what MoMA's video game collection will look like, but it should be. - [TeamCoco]

Kate Middleton declines to give birth in the palace, will have her baby at the hospital, thank you. - [Glamour]

The 12 days of whiskey. - [Esquire]

Lifetime's President of Entertainment says she wouldn't change a thing about how Liz & Dick played out. - [HollywoodReporter]

The police are getting a little 1984 on us by rolling out license plate readers that extrapolate where you're going. - [Salon]

Check out the best swag football players got in 2012, just for showing up. - [BleacherReport]

5 superheroes who deserve their own video game. - [Uproxx]

If you want to understand North Korea, it helps to go to Mongolia. - [GlobalPost]

Headline Story: Click through to see more of the jaw-dropping beauty of this unique place! - [DailyMail]

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12 Days Of Grumpy Cat Christmas

December 6, 2012, 8:28 am

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The Grinch has nothing on this cat. One photo a day for the Scrooge in your life.

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Taxidermied Vampiric Deer

December 6, 2012, 9:46 am

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Just what it says on the tin. The only thing that would make this better would be a whole line of vampire animals. Like Bunnicula!

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First Official Image From "The Hobbit" Of Legolas

December 6, 2012, 1:13 pm

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His elf eyes can see into my soul, they're so blue and dreamy. Um, I mean, Orlando Bloom looks OK I guess.

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According to Entertainment Weekly, this image is from the set of There And Back Again which is the third installment and slated for a July 2014 release. He is pictured with Luke Evans, who plays Laketown warrior Bard the Bowman.

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Snowflake Macro Photography And Other Links

December 6, 2012, 1:38 pm

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Russian photographer Andrew Osokin shows off the delicate composition of individual flakes of snow.

6 insane Japanese trends you can blame on white dudes. - [Cracked]

Adam Savage from Mythbusters is kind of obsessed with the Dodo. - [MentalFloss]

12 appropriate t-shirts that will make you giggle. - [Oddee]

The history of the Little Black Dress: from the 1500s to modern day. - [Refinery29]

10 incredible video games which, sadly, exist only in our imaginations. - [Dorkly]

12 food rumors you're going to wish weren't true. - [TruTV]

Page Six reveals modern day help in NYC isn't that far removed from the treatment of servants in Downton Abbey. - [NYMag]

If you get hungry soon after eating, you memory might be to blame. - [TIME]

Say you won the lottery but forgot to turn in your winning ticket. Turns out those things expire. - [NBC]

Headline Story: Be sure to click through to see all 12 images of how each snowflake is unique and special. - [Flavorwire]

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High-Tech Tattoos Monitor Your Health Tops The Morning Links

December 7, 2012, 8:16 am

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In the future, ink could help fine-tune your workout or give you early warning about disease.

2012 was a great year for hate-watching. - [Vulture]

Taylor Swift and Harry Styles still partying in NYC, this time with Emma Stone. - [PopSugar]

I hope when you think Pan's Labyrinth, you think "musical," because that's what you're getting. - [Uproxx]

And as a reminder that life isn't fair, everyone at Random House got a $5K Christmas bonus thanks to Fifty Shades of Grey. - [Crushable]

Jeremy Lin's Christmas tree is tiny and adorable. - [BleacherReport]

As the fight rages on, things are getting weird in Egypt. - [GlobalPost]

8 ways to get a girl going...out the door. - [Maxim]

Google just got a little bit creepier. Yay! - [TIME]

Mean girls never grow up. - [Elle]

Headline Story: The "smart" tattoos are equipped with sensors to monitor pH levels due to metabolic stress. - [DailyMail]

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Jurassic Prankster Runs Amok, Is Wonderful

December 7, 2012, 11:10 am

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Allosaurus, what are you doing? Eating fast food and ding dong ditching is so beneath you!

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Professional prankster Roman Atwood dressed up a 15 foot animatronic predator and took to the streets. The results were predictably amazing.

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Hyper Detailed Hand-Drawn Map Of NYC And Other Links

December 7, 2012, 12:15 pm

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Jenni Sparks lovingly recreated the five boroughs, down to individual buildings and landmarks.

How 90s movies actually predicted the 2012 election. - [Cracked]

Christmas has green and red and Hanukkah has blue and white. But why? - [MentalFloss]

Speaking of Hanukkah, here's some dreidel drinking games to kick off the holiday. - [CoedMagazine]

Need something other than standard sweets for your holiday party? Try this bacon candy recipe. - [FoodAndWine]

11 apps to download and try instead of mingling with your extended family at Grandma's house. - [Oddee]

President Obama has gotten really skinny. - [TheAtlanticWire]

Magikarp just made the Pokemon Daycare Reunion super awkward. - [Dorkly]

Americans are skipping more vacations days than ever. - [TheFiscalTimes]

The largest swimwear parade in the world kicks off in Australia. - [TheDailyBeast]

Headline Story: Click through to see close-ups of this amazing piece of art! - [Flavorwire]

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20 Heartbreaking Photos Of The Devastation In The Philippines

December 7, 2012, 1:17 pm

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Supertyphoon Bopha slammed into the chain of islands. (Warning: graphic content!) The death toll currently stands at 500, with over 400 missing and 310,000 displaced.

An aerial view of damaged houses caused by flash floods in Compostela Valley province, southern Philippines is seen in this handout photograph provided by the Philippine Army 10th Infantry Division, Dec. 6, 2012.

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A villager walks on rope over floodwaters that flow down a destroyed road caused by typhoon Bopha in Compostela Valley, southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012.

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A father cries after finding his son among victims of a flash flood after Typhoon Bopha hit New Bataan, Compostela province, southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012. The death toll from the Philippines' strongest typhoon this year rose to around 230, with hundreds missing, local government officials said on Wednesday.

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Residents cross a river in the flash flood–hit village of Andap, New Bataan township, Compostela Valley in southern Philippines, Dec. 5, 2012.

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"Star Wars" Was Based On A True Story

December 7, 2012, 2:25 pm

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A galaxy far, far away looks awfully familiar. In Star Wars And History , historical scholars compare Lucas's universe to our own.

Say what you will about Star Wars, it is a vastly rich universe full of literally thousands of years of its own history. However, it is still a fictional universe. Star Wars and History aims to analyze the main historical beats and parallels that influenced Lucas and others when creating a galaxy far, far away.

From Tatooine as a reflection of the lawless American West to the link between Jedi and Templar Knights, from our own Death Stars (atomic bombs) to Princess Leia's origins in French Resistance fighting, Star Wars has a long, intimate relationship with humanity's sordid past.

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All The Middle Earth Maps Your Cartographer Heart Desires

December 7, 2012, 2:38 pm

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Everyone knows it isn't a proper fantasy setting without detailed maps of fictional locations. ThinkGeek has you covered whether you're a fan of the classic or prefer Dwarven map-making,

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Scaling The World's Tallest Trees And Other Weekend Links

December 8, 2012, 11:45 am

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Meet “the President”, the President, is the second most massive tree known on Earth.

Photograph by Michael Nichols

5 ways Superman is shockingly realistic, according to science. - [Cracked]

Most Christmas music sucks. Here's a playlist that doesn't. - [TheDailyBeast]

Kevin Smith's last movie might turn Clerks into a trilogy. - [Vulture]

Whoops! An 18th century French chateau was leveled by accident during renovations. - [TIME]

Meet the 6 types of friends your girlfriend has. - [CollegeHumor]

A safe that LOOKS like a safe is not safe at all. - [Oddee]

12 easy ways to make your bartender hate you. - [TruTV]

25 of the biggest half-time show fails...ever. - [BleacherReport]

We all know Michonne is a zombie killing badass. Now watch proof with these 10 GIFS. - [Uproxx]

Headline Story: These giant sequoias are still growing, and one group of researchers is determined to make it to the top. - [NationalGeographic]

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Shyamalan's "After Earth" Trailer Drops In France

December 10, 2012, 8:52 am

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Directed by M. Night Shyamalan. He has a lot of cred to make up for after the universally panned Avatar: The Last Airbender adaptation in 2010.

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M. Night Shyamalan might not engender a lot of faith in his directorial abilities, especially since at this point he can't even be bothered to hide the plot twist in the movie but chose to blow the big reveal at the end of the trailer.

However, the screenplay is co-written by Gary Whitta, who worked on Book of Eli and wrote an episode of the critically acclaimed Walking Dead game.

So whether this will turn out to be a "You blew it up! Ah, damn you! God damn you all to hell!" or some parallel universe or an elaborate virtual reality gone on the fritz or some fourth thing remains to be seen.

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"Star Wars" Christmas Cards

December 10, 2012, 9:27 am

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Infinitely better than the infamous Star Wars Christmas Special. So what if this holiday shouldn't actually exist in a in a galaxy sans Jesus? PJ McQuade isn't going to let petty logic get in the way of awesomeness.

PJ McQuade returns with a whole new batch of tongue-in-cheek holiday cards for the Star Wars lover in your life.

Salacious Crumb And Slave Leia

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Chewbacca The Red-Nosed Wookie

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35 Questions From When Gandalf Took Over "The Hobbit" Twitter

December 10, 2012, 10:16 am

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As always, Sir Ian McKellan was delightful.

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The Most Beautiful Cotton Candy You May Ever See

December 10, 2012, 11:29 am

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It's almost too pretty to eat. Almost.

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Located in Ciqikou, Chongqing, China, this street vendor takes spun sugar to the level of art.

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"Star Trek Into Darkness" Releases Tension Filled Image

December 10, 2012, 12:26 pm

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Benedict Cumberbatch, Chris Pine, and Zachary Quinto are having a staring contest. A sexy, sexy staring contest.

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Paramount Pictures just released a new image from Star Trek Into Darkness featuring Captain Kirk (Pine) and Spock (Quinto) squaring off against a seemingly trapped Cumberbatch, who's character name has yet to be revealed. The Paramount caption has Cumberbatch's name as John Harrison though it is likely a decoy or code name.

Despite it looking like as if Kirk and Spock are about to eject the villain from the airlock, the similarities from the trailer makes fans wonder if this is the infamous "glass hand" scene from the trailer many believed indicative of the death of Spock.

If this theory proves true, which it well might since the clothing matches up, the camera is angled from inside Cumberbatch's prison with Spock showing him a gesture of sympathy.